Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200263416 - Three Employees Are Killed When Scaffold Falls Into River

Accident Summary Nr: 200263416 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 04/02/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311364673	04/02/2008	1623	237110	Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc.

Abstract: On April 2, 2008, Employees #1, #2, and #3 moved the trolley and scaffold to another location on the bridge, and then proceeded to walk from the bridge to the bank of the river. Upon arriving at the edge of the river, they saw that the scaffold was not where they had left it. Investigations revealed the eye in the tongue on the ballast plate failed, releasing the scaffold and spreader bar allowing them to fall into the river from approximately 50 feet. All three employees were lost. A body of one employee was recovered when they retrieved the scaffold from the bottom of the river. This employee had become entangled in the ropes attached to the scaffold. Another body was later recovered and one employee remains missing.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, RIVER, FALL, DROWN, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Pipeline		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000		50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311364673	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	311364673	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
3	311364673	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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